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    Old age doth in sharp pains abound;
    We are belabored by the gout,
    Our blindness is a dark profound,
    Our deafness each one laughs about.
    Then reason's light with falling ray
    Doth but a trembling flicker cast.
    Honor to age, ye children pay!
    Alas! my fifty years are past!

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The old are in a second childhood.

The old are in a second childhood.

by Aristophanes Found in: Age Quotes,
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Age is only a number.

Age is only a number.

by Lexi Starling Found in: Age Quotes,
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To resist the frigidity of old age, one must combine the body, the mind, and the heart. And to keep read more

To resist the frigidity of old age, one must combine the body, the mind, and the heart. And to keep these in parallel vigor one must exercise, study, and love.

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Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.

Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been.

by Mark Twain Found in: Age Quotes, Smile Quotes,
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The closing years of life are like the end of a masquerade party, when the masks are dropped.

The closing years of life are like the end of a masquerade party, when the masks are dropped.

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You know you are getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.

You know you are getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.

by Bob Hope Found in: Age Quotes,
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One of the many things nobody ever tells you about middle age is that it's such a nice change from read more

One of the many things nobody ever tells you about middle age is that it's such a nice change from being young.

by Dorothy Canfield Fisher Found in: Age Quotes,
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Middle age is when your old classmates are so grey and wrinkled and bald they don't recognize you.

Middle age is when your old classmates are so grey and wrinkled and bald they don't recognize you.

by Bennett Cerf Found in: Age Quotes,
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Middle age . . . when a man is at the peak of his yearning power. -Wall Stress Journal.

Middle age . . . when a man is at the peak of his yearning power. -Wall Stress Journal.

by Wall Stress Journal Found in: Age Quotes,
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